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bbb, Please give us more information on how you arrived at this error. It looks like you are using Java7. Please use Java6 to run the IDV. Best Wishes, Unidata IDV Support > Full Name: bbb > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: cufe > Package Version: 4.1 build date:2013-08-02 18:38 UTC > Operating System: Windows 7 > Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files\Java\jre7 version: 1.7.0_21 j3d:1.5.2 > fcs (build4) > Description of problem: createNewWindow-1 > java.lang.NullPointerException > > ****************** > Stack trace: > java.lang.NullPointerException > at ucar.unidata.idv.ViewManager.getComponent(ViewManager.java:5212) > at ucar.unidata.idv.MapViewManager.doMakeContents(MapViewManager.java:1725) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ViewManager.initUI(ViewManager.java:1059) > at ucar.unidata.idv.MapViewManager.initUI(MapViewManager.java:625) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ViewManager.getContents(ViewManager.java:5222) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvXmlUi.createComponent(IdvXmlUi.java:514) > at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.xmlToUi(XmlUi.java:1513) > at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.layoutContainer(XmlUi.java:1741) > at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.createComponent(XmlUi.java:2089) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvXmlUi.createComponent(IdvXmlUi.java:516) > at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.xmlToUi(XmlUi.java:1513) > at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.layoutContainer(XmlUi.java:1741) > at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.createComponent(XmlUi.java:2089) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvXmlUi.createComponent(IdvXmlUi.java:516) > at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.xmlToUi(XmlUi.java:1513) > at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.doMakeContents(XmlUi.java:1427) > at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.getContents(XmlUi.java:1382) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvUIManager.createNewWindow(IdvUIManager.java:4402) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvUIManager.createNewWindow(IdvUIManager.java:4226) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvUIManager.createNewWindow(IdvUIManager.java:4135) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.getViewManager(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1273) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.getViewManager(DisplayControlImpl.java:9925) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.getViewManager(DisplayControlImpl.java:9900) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.getNavigatedDisplay(DisplayControlImpl.java:9772) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.isDisplay3D(DisplayControlImpl.java:9737) > at ucar.unidata.idv.control.PlanViewControl.init(PlanViewControl.java:460) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.init(DisplayControlImpl.java:1421) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.init(DisplayControlImpl.java:1106) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ControlDescriptor.initControl(ControlDescriptor.java:986) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ControlDescriptor$1.run(ControlDescriptor.java:911) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1251) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: CBE-561059 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed